Ocean Animals Facts Ks2

Whilst another ocean habitat might be deep dark and cold open ocean.

Ocean animals facts ks2. Here are some fun facts you may not have known before about ocean animals. The Mariana Trench is the deepest point in the ocean at 36000 feet deep. Some ocean habitats are much warmer and more shallow coastal whilst others are deep dark and cold open ocean.

All lessons and resources are available from Encounter Edus TES profile. Animals such as seahorses clownfish and sea turtles all live on coral reefs which would be considered a coastal habitat. Even corals themselves are animals.

Seahorses are the only animals in which the male not the female gives birth and care for their young. Ocean animals are organisms that live in the ocean. Even though the open sea is the largest habitat it is estimated that only five percent of the worlds animal species live there.

Ocean animals like land animals exist in a wide variety of species. Fishes include dolphins killer whales sperm whales jellyfishes tunas swordfishes and many others. There are an estimated 230000 known marine species.

The largest living animal on Earth - the blue whale - and the biggest population of large carnivores - the seals- evolved only after they returned to the depths. Facts About the Marine Biome. Like ocean plants most ocean animals live in shallower water.

Animals can become entangled in fishing nets and plastic rings. Some currents flow quickly while some move very slowly. The biggest ocean is called The Pacific Ocean.